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Caption: "In the Sierras," shows a train traveling in the Sierra Nevada, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Boulder Lake [Lake Mead] - as the lake rises the small island will be submerged," c. 1935. Lake Mead was created by the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, and is the largest man-made reservoir (when full) in the United States.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Presidio Main Avenue," c. 1906, shows a tree lined dirt road in the Presidio. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Column of Progress," in the Forecourt of Stars. At top of column is The Adventurous Bowman (Hermon A. MacNeil, sculptor), and at the base of the column is a four panel frieze (Isadore Konti, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Mountain Scene -- Tenaya Lake." Meadow with surrounding rocks and mountains. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Mono Lake -- Craters in the Distance." Mono Lake, in Mono County, California, is a shallow saline lake used as a resting stop by almost two million migratory birds each year.
Date: 1927
